Age One

Today is 28/11/ 3001, the world has undergone great changes, the first major change was the integrated education system where every minor has to go to the school provided by the government, and this was a world law.

With all the young people studying, many companies went bankrupt and the ones that suffered most from this law were the gaming companies, adults also play games, but only the young spend half the day playing.

And this has lasted for several decades, of course the integration system was successful, about 80% of students leaving government colleges had above average knowledge in their respective areas of work.

These students became known as Integral Government Students or EIGs, and the EIGs were the targets of social criticism because the EIGs completed their studies through a test, and this test was extremely difficult and only a few students were able to complete it. So many said that only the children of the rich completed it through money.

The second major change was in the military department, some years ago wars ravaged the world and destroyed several small countries. Large countries like the USA, Korea, China among many others managed to preserve their territory and some even increased or even doubled their land.

That is why the government decreed that those over 21 and not in any college be despatched to the army without any chance of refusal, those who refused were expelled from their homeland and considered traitors. (in more radical countries and with a rigid military law killed those who refused).

In case the only ones who were not in a college at the right age are those who did not participate in the integrated system and so could not academically or financially enter a college and so they were considered as the lower class.

The third change was very radical, the countries that were standing at the end of the war formed a great alliance called the United States Against the End, or as many call C.F

Those who participated in the CF had their coins all converted into one that in the case was the Vale, the Vale was a very interesting role, it was discovered on the moon, yes on the moon, humans have long been able to create bases on other planets which were close, and the moon was the first.

The Vale that was found about 200 meters below the ground it was made of a red plant that scientists named Last Red, the Last Red revolutionized the world of medicine. The humans as avaricious how are as, they have almost ended the plant extinct and so it is now only used to create the 100 and 1000 banknotes. (But the rich still buy illegally and the government knows but does not prevent it)

In the role of the Vale is drawn an planet earth with a large shield in the front and the back has a moon and a single red plant in the middle, the representation is quite obvious.

With all the world united with only one useful currency the others lost their value and this caused a great egalitarian change, depending on your original money you could exchange 1 XXXXX $ for 1 Vale, but had devalued currencies that even with 10 not yet worth 1 It's worth it, and it caused a lot of the rich to get poor and some poor to get rich.

The fourth change came in an unusual way, the humans through their wars were destroyed and the human population plummeted from 8 billion to only 5 billion and the food ended up being abundant the world also had many cities empty and with fruitful crops.

So it was stated that the three basic meals would be given for free, but the food would be fixed, so if anyone wanted a change on the menu it was just to use the internet and buy it.

And the fifth change was in technology, the internet advanced like a rocket at high speed things like robots, androids and IA were considered normal, but they were expensive so not everyone could have one at home. (Of course the low-priced ones also existed, but their functions were limited to domestic tasks)

The most incredible it was a thing called a virtual immersion, it was only with virtual immersion that the games came back active, yet it was still on the low side of the rope and had only a few basic nothing very extraordinary.

Of course there were many other changes but these were the vital of human life and this all happened at the end of last century and are still in force so you can see how effective they were.

But last year 100 EIG and 100 soldiers under 25 were chosen to play a game called << Age One >>, the game is a classic from the previous era, in the beginning you choose a normal thing class, and then you appear in a city, the city is randomly chosen. (each city made a test to decide these 200 people)

Over time you explore the world around and gain experience points or exp with dead monsters, you also gain items, nobody understood for sure what they wanted with this game but in a rigid and boring world playing a game was a great output.

We played for about two years and not a tenth of the world was explored, everyone realized that the geography of the game world was similar to planet earth but it had special locations, but overall it was all based on only that much bigger land.

During the game years many of us received some money, the soldiers were released for an indefinite period while the students returned to their families and could do whatever they wanted. The only requirement was to play at least 12 hours and send feedback to the game company after the end of the session.

Today on the 28th our tests are over. All beta testers received a punishment. The punishment is not to be able to participate in the game for a week. They said that knowledge could cause the balance of the game to be broken, so they gave that punishment.

It was only on the 30th that the game was opened to all, many of them did not understand why the government was promoting a game for the world, but few were those who deepened and still fewer were those who received their answer. All they knew was that <<Age One>> had been released and the government was selling the machines to be able to enter the game at a medium price.